Electric Light Orchestra, Rock 'N' Roll Is King (1983)
^{Key: :[F#] (w: Jeff Lynne)}

INTRO: [F#]

VERSE 1:
Well [F#] listen everybody let me tell you about the rock 'n' roll
Oh [F#] feel that rhythm and it's really gonna thrill your [C#] soul
Mmm [B] come along with me, to a [F#] land of make believe
She said whama-lama, bama-lama, [C#] rock'n'roll is [F#] king

VERSE 2:
She loves that [F#] rock'n'roll and she plays it all night long
That's all she ever tells me when I call her on the tele-[C#]-phone
She says [B] feel that jumpin' beat, and [F#] git up on your feet
She said whama-lama, bama-lama, [C#] rock'n'roll is [F#] king

CHORUS:
Oh let those [B] guitars [F#] play
Play for [C#] me play for [F#] me
Oh let that [B] song ring [F#] out
That's [G#] how it's meant to [C#] be

VERSE 3:
It [F#] rolls like a train that's comin' on down the track
She rolled over Beethoven and she gave Tchaikovsky [C#] back
She [B] loves that drivin' beat, she goes [F#] dancin' on down the street
She said whama-lama, bama-lama, [C#] rock'n'roll is [F#] king

INSTRUMENTAL:
[F#] [F#] [F#] [F#] // [B] [B] [F#] [F#]
[B] [B] [F#] [D#m] // [F#] [C#] [F#] [F#]

REPEAT CHORUS:

VERSE 3:
When she [F#] comes around and I'm listenin' to the radio
She says you can't do that 'cos all I wanna do is rock'n'-[C#]-roll
Now [B] here I'm gonna stay when that [F#] music starts to play
She said whama-lama, bama-lama, [C#] rock'n'roll is [F#] king

OUTRO:
[F#] Whama-lama, bama-lama, [C#] rock'n'roll is [F#] king
[F#] Whama-lama, bama-lama, [C#] rock'n'roll is [F#] king
[F#] Whama-lama, bama-lama, [C#] rock'n'roll is [F#] king